Events

Education Sector Group Presentations

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advances brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) had already disrupted the world of work, leading to the growing demand for new sets of skills and competencies. Consequently, old jobs were being lost, while new jobs were created including new pathways for commercial activities.

Series: 2021 Resilience Learning Month

Use of Geospatial Tools and Analysis for Remote Monitoring of Projects and Building Climate Resilience

USG-UCCRTF organized a session on “Use of geospatial tools and analysis for remote monitoring of projects and building climate resilience” as part of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction's events under the 2021 Resilience Learning Month.

Events

ADB-BNU Conference on Future Proofing Aged Care

Events

Sponge City Green Infrastructure: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience

Nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve climate resilience have been rediscovered and universally promoted and identified as essential moving forward on climate action, as in the UNFCCC’s 2020 annual report. ADB has been supporting NbS and green capital development in various countries.

Events

Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum: Innovative Solutions for Asia and the Pacific

How can technology and finance protect our oceans, increase resilience, and accelerate the growth of sustainable blue economies?

Series: 2021 Resilience Learning Month

Scaling-up Private Sector Investment to Support Climate Change and Disaster Resilience ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

CWER’s intern Cynthia Wang presented findings of her internship project to identify potential approaches for scaling up private sector-driven adaptation and resilience investments and activities. This included a summary of existing frameworks for identifying and measuring private sector adaptation, barriers and drivers for private sector adaptation, and case studies of earlier development projects. She concluded with a discussion on prospective areas and modalities of ADB support. 

 

Events

DigitalxADB: Driving Digital Development Across Asia and the Pacific

Digital technologies are today’s most powerful drivers of change. DigitalxADB aims to raise awareness and build broad consensus within ADB to continue focusing on the digital opportunities that lie ahead in a world reshaped by COVID-19.

This event is designed to help ADB’s people and partners learn more about the digital technologies that are being brought to the forefront of our operations, investments, and work.